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Originally Posted by DESS
The intent of these privacy laws surely aren't to stop harmless flirting. And yes, a couple of texts to a girl to tell her you like her is harmless. She should be flattered, not freaked.
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The intent is to prevent people from using our personal information in ways we have not previously given explicit permission for. If nothing else, the employer is at fault for not educating his staff, who have access to private information, about the proper, legally acceptable uses of that information.
If this was only about unwanted flirting, it would be another story, but there is so much more that went wrong here than a loser who sent a text to a girl he didn't know and begged for a date.
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Originally Posted by DESS
I highly doubt they're being briefed on the Privacy Act before they're let loose on the sales floor.
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They MUST be educated about it, or the employer is liable for not doing teaching them. These are the costs of doing business.